Folding basket.



PATENTBD 00T. 25, 1904.

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W. HIZBR. l FOLDING BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1904. NO MODEL.

No.'773,500. PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904.

W. HIZER. FOLDING BASKET.

AvPPLIOATION FILED MAR. 22, 1904.

' No MODEL.

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PATENT WILLIAM HIZER, OF LYONS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO C. R.HERRICK.

BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,500, dated October25, 1904.

Application filed March 22, 1904.

To {LZ/l 7071.017?, it muy concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM HIZER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lyons, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Baskets; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which itappertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to improvements in folding' baskets.

The object of the invention is to provide a basket of thischaracterwhich may be quickly and easily folded into a small package.

A further object is to provide a folding basket which will be simple,strong, and durable, and inexpensive, and the parts of which are allconnected together. Y

In the-accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a basketconstructed in accordance with the invention and showing the same openedin position for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view.Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view. Fig. 4 is a side view showingthe parts in folded position. Fig. 5 is a top plan view with the partsas shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewshowing a modified construction. Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentarysectional view showing the manner of attaching' the sides of the basketto 'the bottom of the same.

Referring' more particularly tothe drawings, l denotes the basket, whichmay be of any suitable shape and size. 2 denotes a bottom, formed ofheavy pasteboard, wood, or metal. 3 denotes the sides of the basket,formed of heavy paper, cloth, or other flexible fabric. The edge of thebottom 2 is rabbeted, and a narrow groove 4 is formed in the rabbet, thelower edge of the bottom 2 thus projecting beyond the sides and ends ofthe basket to protect the body portion thereof. Into the groove Il thelower edge of the fabric forming the sides is drawn by a Wire 5, therebyfirmly securing the lower edge of the sides to the bottom. The upperedge of the sides is secured between wire rods,

Serial No. 199,457. (No model.)

strips, or bands 6, of metal or other suit; able material, which areriveted or otherwise secured together to form binding strips or rims forthe sides.

p The basket is provided with one or more handles 7 which are preferablyeither circular or elliptical in form and constructed of a strip ofspring metal, wood, or other suitable material, and are pivotallyconnected, as at 8, to the inner side of the binding strips or bands 6in such a manner that when the basket is open in a position for use thehandle will be in an upright position at right angles to the bindingstrips or bands 6. The upper half of the handle projects above the topof the basket, while the lower half of the same projects down into thebasket and engages the bottom of the same and is sprung into a recessorgroove 9. The flexible material of which the handles are constructed'andthe shape of the same permits them to yield when forced against thebottom to bring them to an upright position, and when said position isreached the lower side of the handle will have sprung into the recess orgroove 9, which will hold the same in an upright position.

In turning the handle or handles on their pivots to bring the same to anupright position the rim formed by the binding-strips 6 and the fabricforming the sides of the same will also be raised by said handle orhandles, and when said handles enter the recesses in the bottom of thebasket the sides of the same will be supported thereby in an open orunfolded position. To lower the sides and fold the basket, the handle issprung out of the groove 9, when it may be turned on its pivotalconnections and folded to lie within and Hush with binding-strips on thebottom of the basket, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

If desired, additional meansmay be pro-- vided for holding the handle orhandles in an upright position, said means consisting of a spring-catch10, secured to the bottom and having formed therein a notch or offset12, which projects into the recess 9 in the bottom of the basket, sothat when ,the handle is turned to an upright position to open or unfoldthe basket the inner portion ot the same will engage said catch l() andspring into the notch or offset l2, thereby retaining the sides of thebasket in an open position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation ot' the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the forni, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing' from the principle orsaerilicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isd

l. A folding basket comprising a rigid bot-- tom provided with arabbeted and grooved edge, a 'liexible body portion secured at its loweredge within the groove of the bottom by a binding-wire, the lower edgeof the bottom projecting beyond the body portion of the basket, a rigidbinding-strip secured to the upper edge ol' the body portion, an ovalhandle made ot' elastic material and pivoted to the bindingstrip, andthe upper surface of the basket-bottom having a curved groove forretaining the handle in a vertical position to hold the basket open,substantially as described.

2. A folding basket comprising a rigid bottom having' a rabbeted andgrooved edge and a projecting lower edge portion to protect thebasket-body, a folding basket-body secured in the groove of the bottomby means ot' a binding-wire, a binding-strip secured to the upper edgeof the folding body portion, an elliptical spring-handle pivoted to saidbinding-strip, the upper surface of the basket-bottom having a curvedgroove and a springcatch in said groove to engage the handle,substantially as described.

ln testimony whereo'll l have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HIZER. iVitnesses:

E. S. FULLER, E. N. THUYER.

